an anecdote           
                                          
 today it rained, and i would  go outside 
 i thought, so  i smoked  a  pipe and got 
 dressed,   and   outside  the  rain  had 
 turned into snow  so thick that  it  was 
 as dense fog ... and then i went  to get 
 the mail, but  there was  a woman and we 
 talked a little. now because i was  high 
 and  it  was snowing so funny  and i had 
 an umbrella against  the snow,  but snow 
 all over my face anyway, and i  wondered 
         about myself, and my life